Giotto
The Week in Artpodcast
Giotto restored in Florence, Biennale de Lyon, Remedios Varo—podcast
In this week's episode, Ben Luke learns about Giotto’s revitalised depictions of the life of St Francis of Assisi in the Basilica of Santa Croce, speaks to the curator of the 18th edition of the Biennale de Lyon, and explores a painting by surrealist Remedios Varo on view in a major retrospective at the Louisiana Museum in Denmark
Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Alexander Morrison and David Clack
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Technologynews
Celebrated Italian church featuring art by Giotto and Cimabue preserved through new digital reconstruction project
Panoramic views of the Basilica of St Francis of Assisi in central Italy’s Umbria region can be viewed on the Preserving Assisi platform
Art marketnews
Owner of £10m Giotto to appeal High Court ruling that painting left Italy unlawfully
Judge finds in favour of Arts Council England, but collector Kathleen Simonis argues Italian laws are incompatible with EU free movement of goods
Newsarchive
Cavallini discovery reopens superiority debate between Quattrocento Roman and Florentine schools
Will Cavallini or Giotto reign supreme?
Restorationarchive
Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel frescoes are to be "restored", principally by low-tech improvements to the surroundings
Conservation efforts have been underway since the Seventies